When John is introduced to this strange world for the first time, Huxley has John naively quote the line from Miranda in order to establish the purity of the character. However, the twist is that this society is a genetically modify humanity that avoids sexual urges by taking a drug (Soma) and is categorized into classes at birth. The novel Brave New World is about a “savage” named John who is taken from a reservation and brought to the modern day civilization. It may also help that in 1932 author Aldous Huxley wrote a iconic book titled Brave New World as an allusion to these famous Shakespearean words.

Her innocent outlook towards humanity and her ability to still see people as beautiful shows how her isolation has protected her from the mistakes of mankind. However, what is it the makes this quote so memorable? Is it Miranda’s optimistic beliefs in society? Is it because it accurately represents the climatic scene? The reason Miranda’s words resonates so well with Shakespearean audiences is because it emphasizes an immense amount of naivety to her character. After being introduced to an abundance of people for the first time, she says this line to emphasis her genuine excitement for meeting more of humanity. The only humans she has seen are her father, Prospero, and their monster slave, Caliban. In the play, the character Miranda has spent a majority of her life isolated from society. This line is one of the most famous quotes from the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare. “Oh, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in ‘t!”

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